Book Notes 871

C. Book Notes

Compiled by Jerry Mitchell, Baruch College/CUNY

Abramovitz, Mimi. 1988. Regulating the Lives of Women: Social WelfarePolicy From Colonial Times to the Present (Boston, MA: SouthEnd Press) 405 pp.; iSBN 0-89608-329-2 (paper/$15.00).

The history of women in sociai weifare poiicy is reviewed in thisbook. The work uses a feminist theory to examine the role of womenin the history of the welfare state. The author analyzes the impact ofsocial weifare programs on different groups of women.

Bingham, Richard D., Roy E. Green, and Sammis B. White (eds). 1987.The Homeless in Contemporary Society (Beverly Hills, CA: Sage)276 pp.; ISBN 0-8039-2889-0 (paper/$14.95).

A comprehensive examination of homeiessness probiems and poli-cies are provided by this edited work. The first section supplieshistoricai and demographic information about the homeiess probiem.The second section reviews approaches to resoiving the homeless prob-iem from a variety of discipiinary and governmentai perspectives.

Bogen, Eiizabeth. 1987. immigration in New York (Westport, CT:Praeger) 272 pp.; iSBN 0-275-92199-9 (doth/$39.95).

This historical account highiights the experience of New YorkCity with immigration policy. The book provides a history of immigra-tion and the current composition of the immigrant population. Thebook examines the role of public and non-profit agencies in providingservices for immigrants and investigates the effects of immigration onunempioyment and taxes.

Bowie, Norman E. (ed.). 1988. Equal Opportunity (Bouider, CO: West-view Press) 198 pp.; iSBN 0-8133-0567-5 (paper/$15.95).

What is meant by the concept of equai opportunity? This bookprovides different answers to this question from the perspectives ofphilosophy, law, politicai theory, sociology, and policy studies. Thevoiume examines the concept of equai opportunity as it relates torace, power, free speech, and poiiticai representation.

872 Poiicy Studies Journal

Bryner, Gary C. 1987. Bureaucratic Discretion: Law and Policy inFederai Reguiatory Agencies (New York: Pergamon Press) 249 pp.;iSBN 0-08-034493-3 (paper).

The historicai and current assumptions underiying bureaucraticdiscretion in administrative decision-mai<ing is assessed in this volume.The booi< iooks at the overaii probiem of bureaucratic discretion arxlmethods to controi discretion. Case studies are provided that anaiyzeruie-making in EPA, OSHA, CPSC, and FDA.

Comfort, Louise K. (ed.) 1988. Managing Disaster: Strategies and PolicyPerspectives (Durham, NC: Duke University Press) 418 pp.; ISBN0-8223-0816-9 (doth/$19.95).

issues reiated to the formuiation, impiementation, and evaiuationof disaster poiicy are highiighted in this book. The contributorsassess poiicy problems, mitigation issues, preparedness, emergencyresponses, recovery and reconstruction, and poiicy analysis in reiationto disaster policy.

Cook, Brian J. 1988. Bureaucratic Politics and Reguiatory Reform:The EPA and Emissions Trading (Westport, CT: Greenwood Press)192 pp.; iSBN 0-313-25493-1 (doth/$37.95).

This book anaiyzes the interaction between a sociai movementand organizationai politics in an administrative agency. Based on inter-views with EPA officiais and an anaiysis of archivai data, this bookdemonstrates how the contemporary movement for reguiatory reformaffected the organizationai structure of EPA. The politics of reformare conskJered in iight of the case study.

Cooper, Phiiiip J. 1988. Hard Judicial Choices: Federai District Judgesand State and Locai Officiais (New York: Oxford UniversityPress) 374 pp.; iSBN 0-19-504192-5 (paper/$15.95).

The exploration of cases that pit federal judges against theinterests of state and iocai officiais is the focus of this work. Thebook examines cases invoiving open housing in Cleveland, mentalhealth reform in Aiabama, prison conditions in Ohio, and aiieged poiicymisconduct in Phiiadeiphia. Remedies are proposed for improving thereiationship between federai courts and state and iocai governments.

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Cuiyer, A.J. and Bengt Jonsson (eds). 1988. Public and Private HealthSen/ices (New York: Basii Biackweil) 242 pp.; iSBN 0-631-15088-9(doth/$45.00).

The proper baiance between the private and pubiic sectors inheaith care, and the means of financing these sectors, are expiored bythe papers in this voiume. The contributors examine trends andfinancing mechanisms in pubiic-private heaith systems. Public choicemodels of pubiic-private provision of heaith care are anaiyzed.

Danziger, Sheldon H. and Kent E. Portney (eds). 1988. The Distribu-tional Impacts of Public Policies (New York: St. Martin's Press)257 pp.; ISBN 0-312-00749-3 (doth/$35.00).

This book examines the structure of sociai weifare and taxingpolicies and assesses their effect on poverty and income inequaiity.The analysis of the distributionai impact of policy reforms comprise amajor portion of the work. The book notes various methods for theevaluation of policies in terms of distributional impact.

Davis, Charles E. and James P. Lester (eds.). 1988. Dimensions ofHazardous Waste Poiitics and Policy (Westport, CT: GreenwoodPress) 256 pp.; iSBN 0-313-25989-5 (doth/$49.95).

This voiume assesses the process of formuiating and implementinghazardous waste poiicies. The contributors anaiyze various dimensionsof hazardous waste poiicy in the context of locai, state, federal, andinternationai poiitics. Some of the contributors are C.K. Rowland,Michael E. Kraft, Kent E. Portney, Wiiiiam R. Mangum, Richard Barke,and Ann O'M. Bowman.

Fagerhaugh, Shizuko Y., Anseim Strauss, Barbara Suczek, and Caro-iyn L. Wiener. 1987. Hazards in Hospitai Care: Ensuring PatientSafety (San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass) 254 pp.; iSBN1-55542-073-7 (cioth/$24.95).

The design and impiementation of hospitai safety rules and guide-lines is the focus of this wori<. Strategies and probiems in impiement-ing effective, quaiity heaith care are identified. Methods to minimizerisks and avoid errors in organizing the interaction between heaithpersonnei and patients are explained.

874 Policy Studies Journal

Forsythe, David P. 1988. Human Rights and U.S. Foreign Policy:Congress Reconsidered (Gainesviiie, FL: University of FloridaPress) 224 pp.; ISBN 0 8130-0885-9 (doth/$24.00).

The book presents an account of congressionai attempts to pro-mote human rights in American foreign poiicy during the seventies andeighties. Forsythe identifies the success and faiiure of key pieces ofiegisiation to infiuence American foreign poiicy. The book discussesthe positive and negative effects of expanding the roie of congress inthe foreign policy arena.

Giiderbioom, John i. and Richard P. Appeibaum. 1988. RethinkingRentai Housing (Phiiadeiphia, PA: Tempie University Press)304 pp.; iSBN 0-8722-498-6 (paper/$14.95).

This account of housing poiicy focuses on the rental housingcrisis. The book examines the economic, sociai, and politicai dimen-sions of the rentai housing crisis, the structure of rental housingmarkets, and the future of nationai housing poiicy.

Hahn, Harlan and Sheidon Kamieniecki. 1987. Referendum Voting:Social Status and Policy Preferences (Westport, CT: GreenwoodPress) 184 pp.; ISBN 0-313-25611-X (doth/$35.00).

This book looks at the history of referendum voting and examinesthe contribution of referendums to the American democratic system.Using data from forty cities, the authors anaiyze the relationship ofsociai status and referendum voting behavior.

Kelly, Rita Mae (ed). 1988. Promoting Productivity in the PublicSector: Probiems, Strategies, and Prospects (New York: St.Martin's Press) 249 pp.; iSBN 0-312-00746-9 (doth/$35.00).

The theoreticai and empiricai issues surrounding the measurementof pubiic sector performance are outiined in this edited voiume. Thevaiue trade-offs between efficiency and equity are highiighted. Thepressures on government empioyees produced by productivityimprovement programs are explored.

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Kelly, Rita Mae and Jane Bayes (eds). 1988. Comparable Worth, PayEquity, and Public Policy (Westport, CT: Greenwood Press)296 pp.; ISBN 0-313-26041-1 (cioth/$49.95).

This eoiiection of essays centers attention on public policytoward pay equity. The contributors identify inequities in specificoccupations, evaluate iegisiation to eiiminate inequities, assess theimpiementation of pay equity poiicies, and explore future policyinitiatives.

Piowden, Wiiiiam. 1987. Advising the Rulers (New York: Basil Black-weii) 221 pp.; iSBN 0-631-14675-X (doth/$45.00).

These contributors expiore the machinery of giving policy adviceto policymakers. Systems and types of advice are examined in theUnited States, West Germany, Australia, Great Britain, France, andCanada. The book compares how poiicy advice has been institutionai-ized in various nations.

Roessner, J. David. 1988. Government innovation Poiicy: Design,Implementation, Evaluation (New York: St. Martin's Press)208 pp.; iSBN 0-312-34134-2 (doth/$35.00).

This edited voiume studies the success of government poiicies topromote technoiogical innovation. Topics include the role of knowledgein innovation policy design, the interreiationship between economicstructure and innovation poiicy, and different measures for evaluatinggovernment actions to promote innovation.

Weidenbaum, Murray and Kenneth Chilton (eds). 1988. Public PolicyToward Corporate Takeovers (New Brunswick, NJ: TransactionBooks) 192 pp.; iSBN 0-88738-166-9 (doth/$29.95).

This volume explores current issues in the corporate takeovermovement, it examines the history of takeovers and identifiesdifferent types of takeovers. The contributors evaluate federal andstate efforts to reguiate takeovers.